Pellets not feeding

[RogerB]

I have the Country Smoker, which is a great portable smoker, except…the pellets don’t feed into the chamber very well. After about an hour of smoking, the hopper develops a “tunnel” and the flame in the fire pot goes out. It’s a small hopper, so it seems there isn’t enough weight from the pellets to have a strong gravity effect. Does anyone have ideas on how to get the pellets to feed more consistently?

 

[Cowboy1955]

I have the Country Smoker, which is a great portable smoker, except…the pellets don’t feed into the chamber very well. After about an hour of smoking, the hopper develops a “tunnel” and the flame in the fire pot goes out. It’s a small hopper, so it seems there isn’t enough weight from the pellets to have a strong gravity effect. Does anyone have ideas on how to get the pellets to feed more consistently?

Don’t own one of those but here’s an idea.
Empty it out and run the pellets through a colander
Don’t know what brand your using but I’ve seen some that are longer than usual
Sifting also gets all the dust out so they’ll burn cleaner.
Hopefully this helps you

 

[Mike From R.I.]

Might have to slowly stir the pellets in the hopper to prevent the tunnel, or move them around some?

 

[Freedbyjc]

I have the Country Smoker, which is a great portable smoker, except…the pellets don’t feed into the chamber very well. After about an hour of smoking, the hopper develops a “tunnel” and the flame in the fire pot goes out. It’s a small hopper, so it seems there isn’t enough weight from the pellets to have a strong gravity effect. Does anyone have ideas on how to get the pellets to feed more consistently?

Keep your hopper full and your pellets stirred to prevent the funneling. Maybe consider hopper extension.

 

[RogerB]

Thanks for the advice. I think I’ll try the hopper extension.